Uncommon Norlund Mark

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First time starting a thread here, hope you are able to view the pictures.

I am familiar with Norlund and I believe I've seen all of the various head patterns/marks they offered. I've only seen pictures of one other Norlund with the full man-in-canoe mark stamped on the head rather than as a paper label. This appears to be the Camper axe head pattern and I also have the original 24" straight handle it came on. Can anyone give any insight into this particular head/mark?


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My apologies, those don't work either. Please disregard this thread until I can learn how technology works.
 
I got this after going to a photobucket link hidden in your post, and clicking on the IMG code to the right of the photo (which copied what I needed to paste into this reply, below:

 
leadbelly01 said:
First one I've seen! Sure it's not a fake?


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No that's definitely one of norlunds stamps used at some point.

Although there have been people who have mistaken some of the early 'mastercraft' axes as unstamped norlunds. This makes sense however as they were both made to order for a Canadian company known as 'Canadian tire' it is highly likely that when norlund was done with and Canadian tire still needed axes they placed orders through I believe Mann to continue having axes on stock. This is all long before Canadian tire was known as crappy tire and just another big box store.
 
That's the one! Thanks Steve!
There are two other pictures if you have the inclination to find them. This is the first one I've seen as well. Found it in an old country store/antique shop. Any idea as to what point in the Norlund timeline this was produced?
 
Rank beginner here. Just realized that if you click on the picture above, it will link you to the two other pictures of the head.
 
Thanks for the help Agent! Yes, the pole has slightly beveled corners. Don't know if that's true of the other Camper heads. Head weight is 2lbs 11oz.
 
I think that pattern diagram isn't totally accurate or they had more variations than just what is represented there.



Similar shape?
 
Very similar. The top of the pole is also beveled all the way across which is not shown well in the pictures.
 
Agent_H said:
I think that pattern diagram isn't totally accurate or they had more variations than just what is represented there...
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Some of the YesteryearsTools information on Norlund is incomplete. For example, Norlund (not Norland), of Williamsport PA, was evidently selling gaffs, fish spears, and "creepers" back around 1910:

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from The Outdoorsman's Handbook (formerly The Angler's Guide), Volume 1910
edited by Wainwright Randall, Reuben Johnson Held, Edward Baldwin Rice, Warren Hastings Miller

Olof A. Norlund (not Norland), of Williamsport PA, was awarded a patent for a similar gaff in 1901.

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A trademark for Norlund's was registered in Canada in 1950, with indication that it was first used in Canada in 1914, and first used in the USA in 1910. The name of the applicant was:
O.A. NORLUND COMPANY INC,
1718 East Third Street
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
and the holder of the registration was:
MANN EDGE TOOL COMPANY,
Lewistown, Pa.
(from WIPO Global Brand Database)


Interesting photos (from an old auction listing) of a gaff marked
O.A. NORLUND CO.
DIV. MANN EDGE TOOL CO.

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A "Hardware Age" listing, reportedly from 1962, shows that O.A. Norlund Co. was a Division of Mann Edge Tool.
 
Sharp_Canadian said:
No that's definitely one of norlunds stamps used at some point.

Although there have been people who have mistaken some of the early 'mastercraft' axes as unstamped norlunds. This makes sense however as they were both made to order for a Canadian company known as 'Canadian tire' it is highly likely that when norlund was done with and Canadian tire still needed axes they placed orders through I believe Mann to continue having axes on stock. This is all long before Canadian tire was known as crappy tire and just another big box store.
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